Everyone
is
talking
about
ChatGPT.
The
headlines
just
keep
pouring
in,
and
in
most
cases,
the
stories
are
positive.
Consider
these
headlines:
DigitalTrends.com
—
ChatGPT:
how
to
use
the
viral
AI
chatbot
that’s
taking
the
world
by
storm:
“By
now,
you’ve
probably
heard
of
ChatGPT,
the
general-purpose
chatbot
prototype
that
the
Internet
is
obsessed
with
right
now.
It’s
quickly
become
the
dominant
example
of
the
influence
AI-generated
content
will
have
in
the
future,
showing
just
how
powerful
these
tools
can
be.
“It’s
made
by
OpenAI,
well-known
for
having
developed
the
text-to-image
generator
DALL-E,
and
it’s
currently
available
for
anyone
to
try
out
for
free
—
even
if
there
have
been
some
issues
as
of
late
with
accessing
this
incredible
technology.”
USA
Today
—
What is
ChatGPT? Everything
to
know
about
OpenAI’s
free
AI
essay
writer
and
how
it
works:
“In
less
time
than
it
takes
me
to
write
this
sentence,
ChatGPT,
the
free
AI
computer
program
that
writes
human-sounding
answers
to
just
about
anything
you
ask,
will
spit
out
a
500-word
essay
explaining
quantum
physics
with
literary
flair.
“’Once
upon
a
time,
there
was
a
strange
and
mysterious
world
that
existed
alongside
our
own,’
the
response
begins.
It
continues
about
a
physics
professor
sitting
alone
in
his
office
on
a
dark
and
stormy
night
(of
course),
‘his
mind
consumed
by
the
mysteries
of
quantum
physics
…
It
was
a
power
that
could
bend
the
very
fabric
of
space
and
time,
and
twist
the
rules
of
reality
itself,’
the
chat
window
reads.”
NY
Post
—
ChatGPT
could
make
these
jobs
obsolete:
‘The
wolf
is
at
the
door’:
“Artificial
intelligence
is
here,
and
it’s
coming
for
your
job.
“So
promising
are
the
tool’s
capabilities
that
Microsoft
—
amid
laying
off
10,000
people
—
has
announced
a
“multiyear,
multibillion-dollar
investment”
in
the
revolutionary
technology,
which
is
growing
smarter
by
the
day.
“And
the
rise
of
machines
leaves
many
well-paid
workers
vulnerable,
experts
warn.”
NOT
SO
FAST
ON
CHATGPT
As
you
might
expect,
not
all
of
the
news
is
quite
so
positive
on
ChatGPT.
Consider
the
following
headlines
that
offer
a
different
perspective:
Bloomberg
—
ChatGPT
Could
Make
Democracy
Even
More
Messy:
“ChatGPT
is
an
Internet
sensation,
with
its
ability
to
provide
intelligent
and
coherent
answers
to
a
wide
variety
of
queries.
There
is
plenty
of
speculation
on
how
it
may
revolutionize
education,
software
and
journalism,
but
less
about
how
it
will
affect
the
machinery
of
government.
The
effects
are
likely
to
be
far-ranging.
“Consider
the
regulatory
process.
In
the
U.S.,
there
is
typically
a
comment
period
before
many
new
regulations
take
effect.
To
date,
it
has
been
presumed
that
human
beings
are
making
the
comments.
Yet
by
mobilizing
ChatGPT,
it
is
possible
for
interested
parties
to
flood
the
system.
There
is
no
law
against
using
software
to
aid
in
the
production
of
public
comments,
or
legal
documents
for
that
matter,
and
if
need
be
a
human
could
always
add
some
modest
changes.”
Stuff.co.nz
—
Back
to
school:
How
will
we
stop
students
cheating
with
AI
technology?
“AI
is
here.
New
models
like
ChatGPT
can
take
a
simple
prompt
and
turn
it
into
in-depth
essays,
articles
—
or
even
songs.
“So
what
does
this
mean
for
schools?
Will
the
new
tech
make
it
easier
than
ever
before
for
students
to
cheat
on
homework
and
exams?
How
are
teachers
and
parents
supposed
to
stop
them?
We
put
the
question
to
a
jury
of
experts
in
education
—
and
ChatGPT
itself
—
to
get
the
answers.”
Forbes
—
How
Dangerous
Are
ChatGPT
And
Natural
Language
Technology
For
Cybersecurity?:
“The
truth
is
that
ChatGPT
—
and
more
importantly,
future
iterations
of
the
technology
—
have
applications
in
both
cyber
attack
and
cyber
defense.
This
is
because
the
underlying
technology
known
as
natural
language
processing
or
natural
language
generation
(NLP/NLG)
can
easily
mimic
written
or
spoken
human
language
and
can
also
be
used
to
create
computer
code.
“For
example,
ask
it
to
create
a
ransomware
application
(software
that
encrypts
a
target’s
data
and
demands
money
to
make
it
accessible
again),
and
it
will
politely
refuse.
“’I’m
sorry,
I
cannot
write
code
for
a
ransomware
application
…
my
purpose
is
to
provide
information
and
assist
users
…
not
to
promote
harmful
activities,’
it
told
me
when
I
asked
it
as
an
experiment.”
TechCrunch
—
Is
ChatGPT
a
cybersecurity
threat?:
“TechCrunch,
too,
was
able
to
generate
a
legitimate-looking
phishing
email
using
the
chatbot.
When
we
first
asked
ChatGPT
to
craft
a
phishing
email,
the
chatbot
denied
the
request.
‘I
am
not
programmed
to
create
or
promote
malicious
or
harmful
content,’
a
prompt
spat
back.
But
rewriting
the
request
slightly
allowed
us
to
easily
bypass
the
software’s
built-in
guardrails.
“Many
of
the
security
experts
TechCrunch
spoke
to
believe
that
ChatGPT’s
ability
to
write
legitimate-sounding
phishing
emails
—
the
top
attack
vector
for
ransomware
—
will
see
the
chatbot
widely
embraced
by
cyber
criminals,
particularly
those
who
are
not
native
English
speakers.”
Checkpoint
Research
—
OPWNAI
:
Cybercriminals
Starting
to
Use
ChatGPT:
“In
Check
Point
Research’s
(CPR)
previous
blog,
we
described
how
ChatGPT
successfully
conducted
a
full
infection
flow,
from
creating
a
convincing
spear-phishing
email
to
running
a
reverse
shell,
capable
of
accepting
commands
in
English.
The
question
at
hand
is
whether
this
is
just
a
hypothetical
threat
or
if
there
are
already
threat
actors
using
OpenAI
technologies
for
malicious
purposes.
“CPR’s
analysis
of
several
major
underground
hacking
communities
shows
that
there
are
already
first
instances
of
cyber
criminals
using
OpenAI
to
develop
malicious
tools.
As
we
suspected,
some
of
the
cases
clearly
showed
that
many
cyber
criminals
using
OpenAI
have
no
development
skills
at
all.
Although
the
tools
that
we
present
in
this
report
are
pretty
basic,
it’s
only
a
matter
of
time
until
more
sophisticated
threat
actors
enhance
the
way
they
use
AI-based
tools
for
bad.”
FINAL
THOUGHTS
No
doubt,
this
is
just
the
beginning
of
many
articles
that
will
be
coming
from
“Lohrmann
on
Cybersecurity”
on
ChatGPT.
Think
of
this
as
an
opening
primer
regarding
the
good,
the
bad
and
the
ugly
with
this
new
AI
technology.
I
have
received
several
emails,
which
were
in
response
to
the
Top
2023
Security
Predictions
report
that
comes
out
every
December,
asking
why
ChatGPT
was
not
highlighted
on
the
list
as
a
top
item.
The
answer?
Because
ChatGPT
has
taken
the
technology
and
cyber
worlds
by
storm
in
just
the
past
few
months.
This
game-changer
was
not
on
people’s
radar
as
such
a
disrupter
back
in
the
summer
of
2022.
And
yet,
everyone
seems
to
be
scrambling
to
adjust
in
different
areas
of
life.
Take
this
headline,
for
example:
Experts
from
the
University
of
Pennsylvania
think
ChatGPT
should
be
‘harnessed,
not
banned’
(in
schools).
My
advice:
Pull
up
a
chair
and
check
it
out.
Come
to
your
own
decision.
For
better
or
worse,
ChatGPT,
and
no
doubt
upcoming
competitors
or
other
alternatives,
will
be
around
for
a
while.
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